Comments on: Offseason Priority #1 — New Coordinators

By: Chiefs Add Romeo Crennel to Staff | Lee Eldridge

Chiefs Add Romeo Crennel to Staff | Lee Eldridge — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:12:26 +0000

[...] It’s early January and the Chiefs have already had a very productive off-season. Chiefs fans who look at the additions of Charlie Weis as offensive coordinator and Romeo Crennel as defensive coordinator and aren’t excited have become too jaded to look at this for what it is. The Chiefs have hired two of the most successful coordinators of the last decade. I posted weeks ago that the additions of Weis and Crennel should be Chiefs priority number one. [...]

By: One Down, One to Go — Chiefs Add Weis | Lee Eldridge

One Down, One to Go — Chiefs Add Weis | Lee Eldridge — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:28:22 +0000

[...] have speculated for weeks. I wrote a post a month ago that new coordinators should be the top priority for the Chiefs, and had hoped for a reunion of Charlie Weis and Romeo [...]

By: Evaluating the Chiefs | Lee Eldridge

Evaluating the Chiefs | Lee Eldridge — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:50:01 +0000

[...] Coaching: Expect to see some shakeup on the coaching staff, starting with the two coordinators. Here’s what I would do! [...]

By: Lee Eldridge

Lee Eldridge — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:01:17 +0000

Hey Broker1, I like your input and your passion.

I completely agree with you that the number one issue in New England right now has been their depletion of talent on defense. They were on fire for a few years where they seemed to do an incredible job of bringing in veterans that were near the end of the careers, and getting a couple more good seasons out of them. And mixing them in with their own draft picks. But as those veterans have moved on, they haven’t been able to replace them any longer.

And they’ve lost a number of really good assistant coaches the last few years. Hard to reload coaches and players every year. But though they might be down a bit this year, I don’t expect them to stay down for long.

By: Broker1

Broker1 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:19:44 +0000

Actually, the biggest problem in NE is the veterans (player-coaches) who retired or were foolishly traded: Brushi, Harrison, Seymore, Vrabel – any one of them would have pulled a player aside and straightened them out – like Adelaus Thomas – before he was a problem. That’s gone. The scales have tipped, and the malcontents are close to outnumbering the team-players that were such a huge part of their success. This is, I think, the biggest problem, coaching is the 2nd biggest. The 3rd big problem is Belichick’s refusal to admit he made a mistake on 4th & 2 on his OWN 28 against Indy. They’ve been skidding ever since, and appear to be unraveling – and Belichick CONTINUES to go for it rather than take the easy 3 points so he can prove to the world he was right. He was wrong. Forget all the statistical BS about that. He handed that game to Indy. That sequence was the first time I’ve ever seen the guy so confused out there. No way he called 2 plays after 2nd down – he’s lying.

By: Broker1

Broker1 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:08:01 +0000

I live in NE, but born/raised in KC – life long Chiefs fan. Word up here is Pioli and Weis didn’t play well together, and there would be little chance Pioli would bring Weis into KC given the trackrecord.
Having said that’d, I’d love to see it. In my humble opinion, the biggest problem with NE this year is Belichick does not have the o/d coordinators he has had in the past, but his ego told him he could handle all of it. It’s not working. KC is in a similar spot – Haley can’t HC, nevermind be the OC at the same time – it’s having an ugly trickle-down effect throughout. Both need to get help.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:34:38 +0000

Agreed. This would be a good start. Probably going to be a number of changes on the coaching staff after this season.